http://womenandfibromyalgia.com Living with an Invisible Dis-ease Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/01/20/the-stigma-of-fibromyalgia-a-womens-condition/ http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/01/20/the-stigma-of-fibromyalgia-a-womens-condition/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:32:47 +0000 Barbara Keddy http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/01/20/the-stigma-of-fibromyalgia-a-womens-condition/ “Being a woman is hard work”, Maya Angelou.  There can be little doubt that fibromyalgia has become very prominent as a serious social and personal condition that affects primarily women. In fact, it is said by some that it is an epidemic of great proportions. Loss of work, physical impairments and challenges, intense pain, decreased income [...]]]> http://womenandfibromyalgia.com/2008/01/20/the-stigma-of-fibromyalgia-a-womens-condition/feed/ 5